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Nikon Z5IICvsCanon EOS R5 Mark IIvsSony a7 IVvsSony a6700
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Nikon8of 26 specs better - MOST WINS×
Canon13of 26 specs better - ×
Sony7of 26 specs better - ×
Sony5of 26 specs better
Biggest differences
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Nikon Z5IIC & Canon EOS R5 Mark II tie for the lead
3×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC30 fps
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II30 fps
- Sony a7 IV10 fps
- Sony a670011 fps
Memory card slots
Canon EOS R5 Mark II & Sony a7 IV tie for the lead
2×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC1 slots
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II2 slots
- Sony a7 IV2 slots
- Sony a67001 slots
Effective pixels
Canon EOS R5 Mark II leads
+84%
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC24.5 MP
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II45 MP
- Sony a7 IV33 MP
- Sony a670026 MP
Battery life
Canon EOS R5 Mark II leads
+80%
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC350 shots
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II630 shots
- Sony a7 IV580 shots
- Sony a6700570 shots
Where each one wins
Nikon Z5IIC
- Launch price
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Sensor type
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Max video resolution
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- HDMI port type
Sony a7 IV
- Sensor format
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Video dynamic range (log)
- Viewfinder magnification
- Memory card slots
- Depth
- HDMI port type
Sony a6700
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Weight
- Width
- Height
What all 4 have
- Video bit depth10 bit
- Log profile support✓
- Screen articulationFully articulated
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Minimum operating temperature0 °C
- Headphone port✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Release date
- 2026-10
- 2024-08
- 2021-10
- Not published
Launch price
- 1,399.95 USD
- Not published
- 2,499.99 USD
- Not published
Lens mount
- Nikon Z
- Canon RF
- Sony E
- Sony E
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Not published
- Not published
- No
- No
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 24.5 MP
- 45 MP
- 33 MP
- 26 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- APS-C
Sensor readout speed
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
- CMOS
- CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:95
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2
- Not published
Lens & Autofocus
Continuous shooting (electronic)
- 30 fps8
- 30 fps
- 10 fps
- 11 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4,000 1/s9
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 4,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, airplane, vehicle
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
Video
Max video resolution
- 4K
- 8K
- 4K
- 4K
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC, N-RAW
- HEVC, ProRes RAW, Cinema RAW Light, XF-AVC14
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC
Raw video recording
- Internal
- Internal
- None18
- None
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Video dynamic range (log)
- Not published
- Not published
- 15 stops19
- 14 stops
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 0 M dots
- 5.76 M dots
- 3.69 M dots
- 2.36 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- Not published
- 0.76 x
- 0.78 x
- 0.7 x
Screen size
- 3.2 in
- Not published
- 2.95 in20
- 3 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
Rear screen resolution
- 1.04 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.04 M dots21
- 1.04 M dots
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots
Weather sealing
Weight
- 620 g26
- 746 g
- 658 g
- 493 g
Width
- 134 mm
- 138.5 mm
- 131.3 mm
- 122 mm
Height
- 80.5 mm
- 101.2 mm
- 96.4 mm
- 69 mm
Depth
- 72 mm
- 93.5 mm
- 69.7 mm27
- 75.1 mm
USB charging & power delivery
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes28
- Yes
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes29
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
HDMI port type
- Micro
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Micro
Notes on 29 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Nikon Z5IIC, Native ISO maximum: Expanded settings reach ISO 204800 (Hi 1.7); 64000 is the highest standard/native value.
- 2Sony a7 IV, Native ISO maximum: Native range tops out at ISO 51200; 50-204800 requires expanded ISO settings.
- 3Nikon Z5IIC, In-body image stabilization: CIPA 2024 standard: up to 7.5 stops at the frame center, 6.0 stops at the periphery.
- 4Sony a7 IV, In-body image stabilization: CIPA rating measured with the 50mm F1.4 ZA test lens attached.
- 5Nikon Z5IIC, Aspect ratios: Native FX (36 x 24) stills are 3:2; 1:1 and 16:9 are selectable in-camera image areas.
- 6Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Spec table: extended burst is approx. 14 fps (15 fps with silent mode); rates apply to non-RAW quality.
- 7Sony a7 IV, Continuous shooting (mechanical): 10 fps applies to compressed RAW/JPEG/HEIF; drops to 6 fps for lossless or uncompressed RAW.
- 8Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (electronic): C30 is fixed at JPEG [L]/NORMAL; Nikon advises use of a recommended card.
- 9Nikon Z5IIC, Max mechanical shutter speed: The 1/8000 s figure is the overall shutter-speed range; the fastest mechanical speed is 1/4000 s.
- 10Nikon Z5IIC, Pre-burst capture duration: In High-Speed Frame Capture +, Pre-Release Capture is fixed at JPEG [L] NORMAL.
- 11Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Pre-burst capture duration: Up to 15 shots can be buffered before you fully press the shutter, which is about half a second at 30 fps.
- 12Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate: 4K/60p is recorded in a DX (APS-C) crop.
- 13Sony a7 IV, 4K max frame rate: 4K 60p is only available in Super35mm crop; full-frame 4K tops out at 30p.
- 14Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Video codecs: Internal codecs are XF-HEVC S, XF-AVC S and H.264 MP4; ProRes RAW is recorded via HDMI to an external recorder.
- 15Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K/60p uses a DX (APS-C) crop, so full-width 4K recording tops out at 30p.
- 16Sony a7 IV, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K 60p requires the Super35mm crop; full-width 4K is limited to 30p.
- 17Sony a6700, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 60p; 120p 4K uses a crop.
- 18Sony a7 IV, Raw video recording: No internal or external raw recording; HDMI output tops out at 10-bit 4:2:2.
- 19Sony a7 IV, Video dynamic range (log): Sony's claim for S-Log3 per internal tests; stated as 15+ stops.
- 20Sony a7 IV, Screen size: Sony rates the panel at 2.95in (3.0-type); most sources round to 3in.
- 21Sony a7 IV, Rear screen resolution: 1,036,800 dots; Sony's retail pages round this to 1.03 megadots.
- 22Nikon Z5IIC, Battery life: Approx. 390 shots per charge with [Energy saving (photo mode)] set to ON.
- 23Sony a7 IV, Battery life: 580 shots per charge with the rear LCD; 520 with the EVF.
- 24Nikon Z5IIC, Weather sealing: Complete dust- and drip-resistant performance is not guaranteed in all situations or conditions.
- 25Sony a7 IV, Weather sealing: Dust and moisture resistant but not IP-rated; Sony does not guarantee 100% sealing.
- 26Nikon Z5IIC, Weight: 620 g is with battery and memory card; the body alone weighs approx. 538 g.
- 27Sony a7 IV, Depth: Sony lists 79.8mm total depth; 69.7mm is measured from front grip to rear monitor.
- 28Sony a7 IV, USB charging & power delivery: Charging and USB power delivery work only through the USB Type-C port.
- 29Nikon Z5IIC, Headphone port: Shared 3.5 mm output doubles as remote release; set its function to headphones for monitoring.
Where to buy
Nikon Z5IIC
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Sony a7 IV
Sony a6700







